Riitta Uusitalo

(b. 17 April 1960, Finland)

Riita Uusitalo is is pioneer of female comics in Finland. She has introduced themes like femininity and family life to Finnish comics, when the scene was mainly dominated by men in the 1980s. Among her works are 'Rakastakaa minua hellästi, neiti' (1986), 'Hauskaa naistenpäivää, rouva Risunen' (1993) and 'Hajamieliset haikarat, eli, Kuinka Risuset melkein saivat vauvan' (1997). She is nowadays mostly active as a children's book writer.